Suburban Propane Partners (SPH) Competitors

Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE:SPH) and Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHB) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SPH or RUSHB?

Suburban Propane Partners received 199 more outperform votes than Rush Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.87% of users gave Rush Enterprises an outperform vote while only 57.22% of users gave Suburban Propane Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Suburban Propane Partners	Outperform Votes 309 57.22%	Underperform Votes 231 42.78%
Rush Enterprises	Outperform Votes 110 65.87%	Underperform Votes 57 34.13%

Which has better valuation & earnings, SPH or RUSHB?

Rush Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Suburban Propane Partners. Suburban Propane Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rush Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Suburban Propane Partners	$1.42B	0.83	$74.17M	$1.44	12.59
Rush Enterprises	$7.78B	0.50	$347.05M	$3.58	14.05

Which has more risk and volatility, SPH or RUSHB?

Suburban Propane Partners has a beta of 0.17, suggesting that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rush Enterprises has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SPH or RUSHB?

30.9% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SPH or RUSHB more profitable?

Suburban Propane Partners has a net margin of 5.18% compared to Rush Enterprises' net margin of 3.90%. Rush Enterprises' return on equity of 14.76% beat Suburban Propane Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Suburban Propane Partners	5.18%	11.81%	2.98%
Rush Enterprises	3.90%	14.76%	6.61%

Do analysts prefer SPH or RUSHB?

Suburban Propane Partners currently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.23%. Given Suburban Propane Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Suburban Propane Partners is more favorable than Rush Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Suburban Propane Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Rush Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor SPH or RUSHB?

In the previous week, Suburban Propane Partners and Suburban Propane Partners both had 2 articles in the media. Rush Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Suburban Propane Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Rush Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Suburban Propane Partners	Neutral
Rush Enterprises	Positive

Is SPH or RUSHB a better dividend stock?

Suburban Propane Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Rush Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Suburban Propane Partners pays out 90.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rush Enterprises pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rush Enterprises has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Summary

Rush Enterprises beats Suburban Propane Partners on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.